Etymology

Aphthartodocetist

Today it means: A follower or proponent of Aphthartodocetism, the Christological doctrine that taught Christ's body was naturally incorruptible and not subject to physical suffering, associated with Julian of Halicarnassus Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἀφθαρτοδοκήτης
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδοκέω“I seem, I appear”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀφθαρτος“incorruptible”
  3. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀφθαρτοδοκήτης
  4. English todayAphthartodocetist

From Ancient Greek ἀφθαρτοδοκήτης (aphthartodokḗtēs), derived from Ancient Greek ἀφθαρτος (aphthartos, “incorruptible”) + Ancient Greek δοκέω (dokéō, “I seem, I appear”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἀφθαρτος all →

Aphthartodocetism

Ancient Greekδοκέω all →

Aphthartodocetism

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